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Games like Floodland

If Floodland is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Last Haven, Frostpunk 2 and Endzone 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging resource scarcity, exploration driven expansion and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Floodland: A society survival game set in a world destroyed by climate change. Explore, scavenge and build a city to unite the clans. Conflicting cultures and limited resources mean you need to make tough choices; have you got what it takes to lead your people into a new era of humanity?

2022StrategySimulation19.99 USDMetacritic 73Windowsby Vile Monarch
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Challenging resource scarcityClan politics and law enforcement matterExploration driven expansionAtmosphericChallengingContemplative

Players who liked Floodland also play

Steam players who put hours into Floodland also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. The Last Haven

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Floodland.

    Top pick for Floodland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Floodland.

    The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Frostpunk 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Floodland.

    Second-strongest match for Floodland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Floodland.

    Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.

    2024StrategySimulation44.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Endzone 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares tech tree progression and an atmospheric mood with Floodland.

    Third-strongest match for Floodland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Floodland.

    Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.

    2025StrategySimulation29.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Homeseek

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Floodland.

    Ranked #4 for Floodland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Floodland.

    Homeseek is a post-apocalyptic survival strategy game set on a resource-strapped Earth at the turn of the next century. In a dried-up wasteland where water has become the new gold, every choice you make becomes life or death.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Surviving the Aftermath

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Floodland.

    Ranked #5 for Floodland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Floodland.

    Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

    2021StrategySimulation8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Frostpunk

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Floodland.

    Ranked #6 for Floodland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Floodland.

    Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?

    2018StrategySimulation29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Floodland.

    Ranked #7 for Floodland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Floodland.

    Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. MEMORIAPOLIS

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Floodland.

    Ranked #8 for Floodland fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Floodland.

    Memoriapolis is a historical city builder where your city grows organically across 5 ages, from Antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. Manage resources, interact with factions, and shape your dynasty toward building a final Wonder with easy, normal, or hard difficulty levels.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation17.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Floodland at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Floodland on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Floodland.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Floodland on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Floodland.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Floodland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Floodland.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Kerbal Space Program

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Floodland on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Floodland.

    In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.

    2015IndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under Floodland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Floodland.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Floodland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Floodland.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Floodland on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Floodland.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Floodland on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Floodland.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. DORONKO WANKO

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Floodland.

    『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.

    2024ActionSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Mitoza

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    It's not a game, it's a toy. Explore all cycles and prepare yourself to accept the inevitable effects of Mitoza.

    2021IndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Lily's Well

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

    2022IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Floodland.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Vile Monarch

Other recommendable Steam games by Vile Monarch, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Growing Up

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Vile Monarch, the studio behind Floodland. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Floodland.

    This is the story of your life. Experience the entire journey from toddler to adulthood. Go to schools, learn new things, meet new friends, and have wild adventures! Every choice you make will influence your future career, and decide who your romantic partner will be. Who will you become?

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Floodland.

    Another title from Vile Monarch, the studio behind Floodland. Shares Simulation with Floodland.

    A Hilarious Insult-‘em up in which players must verbally take-out their friends and family in different game modes. Assemble witty insults using different word strings, and employ combos, criticals, continuations and more to battle your opponents both offline and online across multiple devices.

    2016IndieSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Weedcraft Inc

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an immersive mood with Floodland.

    Another title from Vile Monarch, the studio behind Floodland. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Floodland.

    Weedcraft Inc explores the business of producing, breeding and selling weed in America, delving deep into the financial, political and cultural aspects of the country's complex relationship with this troublesome and promising plant.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Crush Your Enemies

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Floodland.

    Another title from Vile Monarch, the studio behind Floodland. Shares Strategy with Floodland.

    Go back to the awesome glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has everything you love of the genre: Planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Oh...Sir! The Hollywood Roast

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Floodland.

    Another title from Vile Monarch, the studio behind Floodland. Shares Simulation with Floodland.

    The boys are back , and they look better than ever! Oh…Sir! The Hollywood roast is a brand new spinoff to the surprise indie hit 0f 2016, Oh…Sir!! The Insult Simulator. This time around we’re taking tinsel town down a few notches, whilst classing up the joint.

    2017IndieAdventureSimulation3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Last Alchemist

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with Floodland.

    Another title from Vile Monarch, the studio behind Floodland. Shares Simulation with Floodland.

    Master the wonders of alchemy! Solve alchemical puzzles by transforming and combining Essences. Craft items, tools and machines. Explore the enchanting world, gather peculiar resources, and befriend the Agari, adorable mushroom folk who will help you find the cure for your mysterious disease.

    2024AdventureSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Oh...Sir! Prototype

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Vile Monarch, the studio behind Floodland.

    A Ridiculous local 1v1muliplayer Insult Simulator for two!

    2015IndieFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Floodland

Does Floodland work on Steam Deck?
Floodland is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Floodland cost?
Floodland is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Floodland?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Floodland are The Last Haven, Frostpunk 2, Endzone 2.
Who developed Floodland?
Floodland was developed by Vile Monarch and published by Ravenscourt.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Floodland.

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